On Wednesday Madison received a big box in the mail. What could it be? A birthday present from the awesome KATIE! I have looked at these saucer chairs and been contemplating buying her one. Now I don't have to!

She LOVES it - as if you can't tell. Thank you so much Katie for thinking of my little girl.


*** Yesterday we also received a box from CHEEKY which contained a cool paperweight for me (birthday month bishes!!!) and a Dora throw, pillows, explorer flashlight and two packs of stickers. That girl is down with Dora thanks to my two Minnesota buds. My camera once again crapped out so I couldn't get any pics yesterday. Sorry Cheeky but we love them!

I am SO glad it's Friday. Can I get an "Amen" people? My house is a MESS. Birthday and Halloween (both mine & Maddie's) everywhere, but you know what? We've all got our health we are all happy and if all I can complain about this morning is a messy house then hallelujiah I am truly blessed!!!

We had a very nice Halloween! Not a single trick or treater though :( :( :(
Here is my Mom, the coolest Witch evah!

This was the coolest house we visited. Across the street from Miss Patsy.

I present to you.... DOROTHY!

Isn't she absolutely adorable? She got SO much candy and we probably only visited ten houses. I think they gave her double because she was so cute!


Public Svc Announcement: To someone at the Halloween party. Um, not a good idea to blow off a favor someone who has done for you and cared for you your whole life asked, not even acknowledging it and then let said person hear you offer to do same favor for someone else who probably hasn't said two freaking words to you since you've known them. And then cop an attitude w/ me on top of that. Nope. Hell will freeze over before any favors will be done for said person ever again

I overloaded you all with pictures the past two days and I'm sure i'll have some more tomorrow from the Halloween festivities so... I give you that risque' little cartoon hehe.... Hope I didn't offend anyone.
I am excited about tonight but it's tough when you want to A) Take your kid trick-or-treating B) Hand out Candy and see all the cute costumes everyone else is wearing C)Have a family party to attend also. I've got a plan though. Miss Patsy (Maddie's dance teacher) asked us to bring her by her house (I am nosey and want to see her house, I admit it!) and we are going to do that first thing right before dark and then come home and i'll hand out candy and Stacy will take Maddie around our neighborhood. Then we will go over to our old neighborhood and we'll both take Maddie and Brittany around then go to the party. Lord I will be so disappointed if I don't get any trick-or-treaters but you never know. When we lived in Summerville (when first were married) we were BOMBARDED. and I was prepared. Or THOUGHT I was. Stacy had to make an emergency candy run to K-mart at 8 o'clock. Wonder if he remembers that? Or the drunk who knocked on the door and Stacy gave him a can of Coors Lite and he went on his merry way LOL Good times folks, good times!

First I gotta say WOO HOO PACKERS!!! 13-19 in OT! FAVRE RULES
***back to your regularly scheduled programming***

I didn't take a picture of even 1/4 of what she rode but I did get the obligatory merry-go-round pics (check out the darling sweater I bought her the day before at Marshall's for - get this $6!)

Mommy and Madison twirl in the Teacups!

I couldn't believe she wanted to ride this! She is definitely her Mommy's daughter riding the daredevil rides :)

All the kids were shouting "Ribbit! Ribbit!" We were cracking up. Look how little she looks with the other kids!

She won the frog (sitting in her lap) playing the Duck Game. She was SO PROUD!

With Mommy on the Merry-Go-Round

Check out her sweater :)

We had just got there - she was SO excited!

I always wanted to ride an elephant! It felt SO neat!

Maddie wanted to pet the elephant after we got off. She said "I like this elephant Mommy!"

The ride is over and done with!

I wanted to show all of you some cards I got recently. The first one was a birthday card CHEEKY made for me that Madison "stole" because she liked it and I just found it hidden in her little cache in her room. Isn't it CUTE? Very talented girl, our Cheeky!

THIS card is from my crazy bishes Katie, Cheeky, Caroline, Shell and Southern Fried Girl. I laughed so hard when I opened it. It will take a place of honor on my vanity mirror. Thank you my sweet friends. You KNOW that is totally me in the middle wearing the crown bwaa haaaa.....

I got this card Saturday from DAISY and MANBLOGGER it is the cutest pop up Halloween card! Madison was already eyeing it this morning (she was asleep cos' we got home so late last night). You know what that means.... cache!

I also received Saturday this super cute Halloween card made by CHEEKY. I love it! I am going to start a scrapbook or memory box of nothing but cards. I love cards! Love them! They are so personal and special. I have some saved from childhood even.

One of her birthday gifts she opened Friday was a dress up set. As you can see it was a BIG hit. I LOVE this photo. It is a "framer" for sure!

I got the cheeseball grin in this one but she's still cute enough to eat! I love my little prissy Princess so!

Coming up probably tomorrow will be pics of the Coastal Carolina Fair. We got there when it opened at Noon Sunday and didn't leave until after 6 p.m. Madison LOVED it. She rode ride after ride after ride (good thing we got the $17 hand stamp - a BARGAIN) and well, i'll blog about it tomorrow. I'm about to get on a roll here. Let's just say we were WORE OUT. Wore out.

The party was a HUGE success! I wish I had gotten more pictures but i'm sure my sister or someone else did. Madison's face was the picture of happiness the whole time. They greeted her at the door like a little Princess and anointed her with the birthday crown and a balloon.

This is my FAVORITE picture and I will probably have it blown up and framed.

This is the pedestal for the cake and she got a bag of cotton candy. Yummy!

My friend Stacey who owns the monogram shop did this tub for her. I don't know if you can see but it has her name on it. It was filled with "ballet" themed monogram items and some other goodies. I will try to have pics up of her gifts on Monday. She got some great ones. That crazy Carrie (along with Brittany & Casey) got her a hip hop singing animal that sings "In Da Club" (You know, "Go shorty it's yer birfday" etc.) Madison loves it and so does Stacey's little not-quite-one-year-old Johnny Mac! She also got her a darling Princess Piggy Bank. It looks like it should hold quite a bit of money as well. Heh Heh.

My Mom got her a set of Princess dishes that she had saw in a catalogue and liked. The look on her face was pricess. That little mouth was one big round O! I can't describe everything else right now but you can see she had a pretty pile of presents!

The cake was YUMMY and we brought some home as well. That's my girl, Love Ya More Than A Fat Kid Loves Cake!

Here are the little party-goers! What a cute bunch!

Zoom Zoom in the racecar!

Doesn't she look like she's having fun?!

Daddy was enjoying himself too! LOL

I've got a couple of me~me's that I should be answering but i'm just not feeling it right now. Instead i'll be selfish and compose a list of my current wants. Keep in mind it has nothing to do with "needs" just "wants". Here goes:

I want:

To eat a nice dinner (not at a "chain restaurant") go on a hayride, go to the Fair and have a good time in Summerville this week-end.

To go shopping this week-end and get some good stuff. I especially want a pair of skinny jeans that aren't five miles too freaking long. Even petites are for me. It sucks being a dwarf!

To have a 4 ft privacy fence with a lock inside in the backyard so the kids next door can't just use Madison's stuff when we're not home AND so that I can let the dogs out and not worry about them wandering off (HOLLY).

A navy pair of LL Bean Driving Mocs in Size 8 (nope still haven't gotten around to ordering them although I did just get a Bean catalogue but they were not featured in it. No matter, they are on the website though).

A pair of the LL Bean navy corduroy comfort pants size petite Large.

To take a trip somewhere (not FL for work either!!!) that i've never been.

To go Snow Sledding in December in NC. I hope it's cold enough!

My baby girl to have a wonderful fabulous birthday that she so deserves.

To see my baby (hubs) drive a racecar this year. Preferably win a race too!

My friends all to be happy and doing well financially and emotionally.

My remote fixed for my car and it detailed out and the dashboard re-done and my new seat covers/steering wheel cover put on.

The weather to cool down just enough so I can start wearing my sweatshirts and sweaters that I so dearly love. And also my black leather coat and jacket with my stocking cap that everyone makes fun of LOL

The Packers to win the Super Bowl this year because time is winding down in Brett Favre's career.

What do YOU want?............

Okay before you even say anything *cough* Bradley *cough* I KNOW I got the lighting all wrong and her face is way washed out (which is why I toyed with the spotlight and black/white features). The place was due to close and I wanted some pictures and pumpkins. I wish I would have been a little more careful because i'd love to blow up and frame one but not with that ghost face i've got going on.

My little Pumpkin :) The top two are my favorites. Do you ever wonder what they are thinking? She is getting now where she loves to wear things and pays attention but I wonder if she thinks "My goodness this woman always has me dressing up like a monkey in a circus!" LOL

So patient to pose for Mommy

Mommy are we almost done here? I want to get my pumpkin!

We ended up with three large pumpkins and one teeny one Madison picked out for herself. We decorated this one with the Princess Potatohead kit that Shell sent me! I love it. I'd love to find a pirate and witch but didn't see any at Toys-R-Us or Target. Maybe i'll find them in Summerville this week-end. I can't wait to go shopping this week-end I didn't have any shopping money last week-end and that put a slight damper on my week-end but I made do :)

The boss told us that he will be meeting this Thursday or Friday and hopefully then be able to tell us exactly when we are going to Florida. I am just thankful it wasn't my birthday week, this week (Madison's birthday) or next week (Halloween). I'm betting it will be the first or second or possibly both weeks of November but we'll see. Thank Bob Stacy is cool with what I have to do and he and Madison will be just fine in my absence. I have been hinted that I may get a promotion at the first of the year but i'm not putting any hopes on it the way our business has been going I don't see anybody getting promotions or raises but we'll see!

We had a nice week-end in North Carolina. We got there too late Saturday to the Flea Market because alot of the vendors were packing up but we were able to get back on Sunday and it was packed. Stacy got some good buys on tools (he's about tools like I am about shoes). Speaking of shoes I got a pretty bright red pair of Brighton loafers for $2. This other lady had several pair of Brighton shoes and she was selling hers for $20 (shows you how high the retail prices are if they asking $20 at a garage sale stand at a Flea Market!). Wow did I get lucky. They are buttery soft and so-o-o comfy.
We checked in the Hotel (I didn't take any Hotel pics - sorry but it was very very nice) and we jetted off to Windy Hill Orchard where a Fall Festival was in progress. You can read about Windy Hill Orchard in this month's Southern Living Magazine!

I took a close-up so you could see the apples in the trees. They were $6 a peck. Not sure how much for a full bushel.

The orchard was well taken care of and very pretty!

I love the autumn leave arch-way. You might have to click on it to "big" it and see better!

It's a wonder the scarecrow didn't run screaming from me. No make-up, hair scraped back LOL I've got to get my groove back and try to at least fix myself up again. The rotten hot weather is pretty much gone so I have no excuse!

Get your Hayrides and Apple Cider here! We did buy some cider doughnuts, apple cider, apple butter and pumpkin butter.

Sunflowers everywhere! You can click on it and see my "Boo At The Zoo'" t-shirt. I mistakenly bought a childs shirt but thankfully could squ-ee-ze into it! LOL

A close-up of the giant sunflowers. I love them! So cheery and pretty.

This man was a real old-timey blacksmith. His stuff wasn't for sale or I would have loved to have had one of his heart shaped iron hooks. Beautiful!

Another shot of the blacksmith, look how the iron is glowing red hot!

We didn't end up going anywhere fancy for dinner (every place had a long wait) so we found a local hole-in-the-wall called The Graduate which was a bar/grill type place. The food was awesome. I had a buffalo chicken wrap with pasta salad and Stacy had wings and they did not disappoint. As I said we went to the Flea Market on Sunday and had a good time. Bought a few more things for Madison to open on her birhtday Friday at her Grandma's. Her big present is a new swingset/activity center but she needs some packages to open on the big day as well. We are having her party at Chuck E Cheese Thursday night. Can't wait! Okay in closing we ate at Hooters in Rock Hill on the way home Sunday. I meant to take a picture of Stacy with the Hooters girls but I forgot and he did too. Not being mean but i've been to plenty of Hooters and these were the homeliest Hooter girls i've ever seen! They were nice and did a fair job though LOL I love the crablegs and buffalo shrimp. Yum. I enjoyed being at Winthrop also. I showed Stacy my off-campus apartment and where I stayed in the all-girls dorm on campus. Got some things at the Bookstore. It was a trip well-spent.

Thirteen years ago Stacy and I were married in Summerville,SC. We had a beautiful wedding and a fabulous reception at Victorian House. We couldn't agree on a wedding cake topper so we had fresh flowers on the cake. It was beautiful AND yummy. One thing I cannot stand is to go a wedding and the food and cake are not delicious. No excuse. Anyway I want to wish my darling husband a Happy Anniversay and I would marry him all over again!

Now onto our Friday night foray into Boo At The Zoo. It wasn't as good as our previous visit because they didn't have the games area (a magician which the kids did not give a rap about) and they didnt' have the haunted tram ride either. BUT they loved the carousel and just getting candy and getting to see some animals up close and personal was exciting for them.

Brianna, Brittany and Madison. Brianna's mommy works with Stacy.

My Weeny Witchie!

Riding the Carousel!

We lost her witches hat so she will probably be something else for Halloween *frown*

Happy Halloween Y'all!